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Single Channel HD/SD-SDI (SMPTE 292M, SMPTE 259M) Input or Output Card with Auto Standards Detection on Input. Input Card Converts to Output Card, and Vice-Versa, via Firmware. Includes Support for Linux® or Windows® OS. Full DirectShow® Support.

Full Duplex SMPTE 259M and SDTI PCI Card With Black Burst Sync Input for Seamless Capture and Playback of Uncompressed Digital Video Streams. Includes Linux and Windows SDKs with Example Code in C++ and DirectShow® Support.

Quad Channel Input SDI SMPTE 259M and SDTI PCI Card for Seamless Capture of Four Uncompressed Digital Video Streams to Disk Drives from SMPTE 259M Compatible Equipment. Includes Linux and Windows SDK's with Example Code in C++. DirectShow® Filter now available.

Standard Features:

• One software selectable HD/SD-SDI  input or output channel on a low profile PCI Express card
• Input card can be converted to output card, or output card can be converted to input card
• Receives or transmits uncompressed HD/SD-SDI at bit rate up to 1.485 Gbps
• One lane (x1) low profile PCIe v1.1 card
• Uses highly efficient Bus Master Link List DMA for data transfer (saving CPU resources)
• Supported standards include 1080i, 720p, and 480i at 50 Hz, 60 Hz and 59.94 Hz rates, and 1080p at 23.98 Hz, 24 Hz, 25 Hz, 29.97 Hz, and 30 Hz
• Onboard DDR memory buffers data to account for latencies in data transactions on the PCIe bus
• Able to store four frames of data in either V210 or UYVY (also called Four CC code)
• Handles up to 8 channels of embedded audio
• Field Upgradeable Firmware
• RoHS compliant (2002/95/EC)
• Linux® and Windows® support
• Full DirectShow® support

• Receiver:

  • Automatic Standards detection
  • Automatic cable equalization of up to 200m of Belden 1694A cable at 1.485 Gbps
  • Input monitoring of CRC errors for both the Y and Cb/Cr lines of the input stream

• Transmitter:

  • Tri-level sync input for transmit frame and rate synchronization

Applications:

• HD-SDI Servers
• Post-Processing Stations
• Capture of HD video
• Storing HD video for editing applications
• Electronic News Gathering (ENG)

Standard Features:

• Targeted at OEMS and sophisticated end users
• Transmits and receives uncompressed SDI at 270 Mbps
• Full support for SDTI
• Supports all NTSC and PAL standard component and composite serial video data rates (525/625 lines)
• Records and plays back 8 or 10 bit 4:2:2 SMPTE 259M digital video signals without adjustment
• ANSI/SMPTE 259M-1997 Level C serial digital video standard compliant
• Transports all primary and auxiliary data present in SDI signal including embedded audio without change
• Automatic cable equalization for input permits distances as great as 350 meters (1,100 feet) from switchers, cameras, or servers
• PCI 2.2 bus interface
• Half size PCI card
• Ships with drivers for Windows® and Linux®
• Windows XP/Server 2003/Server 2008/Linux API
• Sample Windows® and Linux® applications for reading or writing to disk
• Clock Reference Input Connector (Black Burst)
• Now with Direct Show® filters for Input/Output and A/V separation
• Uncompressed Video Streams on DVD – for testing SDI equipment – can be provided
• Audio Support: Assumed to be embedded in SDI signal per SMPTE 272M

Supported Video Formats:

NTSC 525, PAL 625 at 480p

Memory Transfer Formats:

8 or 10-bit 4:2:2 YCrCb video data

Applications:

• Contribution quality video serving around studios
• Logo insertion
• Provide uncompressed input to PC host
• SDI test pattern generation
• Video servers
• Standards converters
• Audio embedding and de-embedding
• Build your own SDI disk recorder
  
  

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Disk System Requirements:

Disk: High performance SCSI II 10,000 RPM HD since 720X486x60 is over 25 MB Per Second

Disk Req. App Note:

Computer System Requirements:

2.4 GHz P4

512 MB DDR Ram

3 serial ATA . 2 for RAID 0 for data, 1 for OS. Windows 2000

Ships with:

1. API included for Windows® and Linux®

2. Uncompressed Video Streams on DVD – for testing SDI equipment – can be provided on request

3. Drivers for Windows® XP, Windows® Server 2003, Windows® Server 2008, and Linux®

Warranty: 3 years

Related Web Pages:

• Audio embedding: SMPTE 272M

Standard Features:

• Four independent SDI inputs on one PCI card
• Each input receives uncompressed SDI at 270 Mbps 
• Total aggregate bit rate of 810 Mbps
• PCI 2.2 bus interface
• Supports all NTSC and PAL standard component and composite serial video data rates (525/625 lines)
• Records 8 or 10 bit 4:2:2 SMPTE 259M digital video signals without adjustment
• ANSI/SMPTE 259M-1997 Level C serial digital video standard compliant
• Automatic cable equalization for input permits distances as great as 350 meters (1,100 feet) from switchers, cameras, or servers
• Ships with drivers for Windows® XP, Windows® Server 2003, Windows® Server 2008, and Linux®
• API included for Windows® and Linux®
• Sample Windows® and Linux® applications for reading or writing to disk
• Uncompressed Video Streams on DVD – for testing SDI equipment – can be provided on request
• Firmware is field upgradeable 
• Now with DirectShow® filter
• Audio Support: Assumed to be embedded in SDI signal per SMPTE 272M
  

Applications:

• SDI file storage
• SDI switch
• Encoding to MPEG-XXX

Decks with SDI interface

SDI Purpose

Sources of Embedders and Deembedders

Note: This is not a Frame Store. No on board memory. This card Is a Real Time Disk Capture and Playback Card.

Full Duplex SMPTE 259M and SDTI Low Profile PCI Card With Black Burst Sync Input for Seamless Capture and Playback of Uncompressed Digital Video Streams. Includes Linux and Windows SDKs with Example Code in C++ and DirectShow® Support.

SDI In, DVB-ASI Out, PCI Card Designed for OEMs Who Have Ported a Software Encoder to Their Intel/AMD Processor and Need a Card to Input Uncompressed Digital Content and Output Compressed Digital Streams Via DVB-ASI. DirectShow® Filter now available.
Linux and Windows SDK's with Example Code in C++.

DVB-ASI In, SDI Out, PCI Card Designed for OEMs Who Have Ported a Software Decoder to Their Intel/AMD Processor and Need a Card to Input Compressed Digital Streams Via DVB-ASI and Output Uncompressed Digital Content. Ships with DirectShow® Filters.
Linux and Windows SDK's with Example Code in C++.

Standard Features:

• Targeted at OEMS and sophisticated end users
• Transmits and receives uncompressed SDI at 270 Mbps
• Full support for SDTI
• Supports all NTSC and PAL standard component and composite serial video data rates (525/625 lines)
• Records and plays back 8 or 10 bit 4:2:2 SMPTE 259M digital video signals without adjustment
• ANSI/SMPTE 259M-1997 Level C serial digital video standard compliant
• Transports all primary and auxiliary data present in SDI signal including embedded audio without change
• Automatic cable equalization for input permits distances as great as 350 meters (1,100 feet) from switchers, cameras, or servers
• PCI 2.2 bus interface
• Low profile PCI card form factor
• Ships with drivers for Windows® and Linux®
• Windows XP/Server 2003/Server 2008/Linux API
• Sample Windows® and Linux® applications for reading or writing to disk
• Clock Reference Input Connector (Black Burst)
• Now with Direct Show® filters for Input/Output and A/V separation
• Uncompressed Video Streams on DVD – for testing SDI equipment – can be provided
• Audio Support: Assumed to be embedded in SDI signal per SMPTE 272M
  

Supported Video Formats:

NTSC 525, PAL 625 at 480p

Memory Transfer Formats:

8 or 10-bit 4:2:2 YCrCb video data

Applications:

• Contribution quality video serving around studios
• Logo insertion
• Provide uncompressed input to PC host
• SDI test pattern generation
• Video servers
• Standards converters
• Audio embedding and de-embedding
• Build your own SDI disk recorder
  
  
  

Standard Features:

• SDI in and DVB-ASI Output on a single half-size PCI Card
• Choose between MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 (H.264) transport streams  
• Supports all NTSC and PAL standard component and composite serial video data rates (525/625 lines)
• Supports 8 or 10 bit 4:2:2 SMPTE 259M digital video signals without adjustment
• ANSI/SMPTE 259M-1997 Level C, D serial digital video standard compliant
• 270 Mbps, optional 360 Mbps
• 75 ECL-compatible, differential, serial cable-driver receivers/outputs
• Hardware based PID Filtering
• Clock Reference Input Connector (TTL)
• Accurate 25 PPM clock
• Jitter minimization in hardware
• Tested at over 100 Mbits throughput
• Ships with drivers for Windows® XP, Windows® Server 2003, Windows® Server 2008, and Linux®
• API included for Windows® and Linux®
• Sample Windows® and Linux® applications for reading or writing to disk
• Optional High Stability Oscillator (2 ppm)
  

Applications:

• Encoding SDI footage for satellite and cable
• Electronic News Gathering
• Video servers

Requirements:

This product needs a high performance Disk System. RAID 5 SCSI is suggested.

Ships with:

1. API included for Windows® and Linux®

2. Uncompressed Video Streams on DVD – for testing SDI equipment – can be provided on request

3. Drivers for Windows® XP, Windows® Server 2003, Windows® Server 2008, and Linux®

Standard Features:

• DVB-ASI input and SDI output on a single half-size PCI Card
• Choose between MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 (H.264) transport streams  
• Supports all NTSC and PAL standard component and composite serial video data rates (525/625 lines)
• Supports 8 or 10 bit 4:2:2 SMPTE 259M digital video signals without adjustment
• ANSI/SMPTE 259M-1997 Level C, D serial digital video standard compliant
• SDI output rate: 270 Mbps, optional 360 Mbps
• 75 ECL-compatible, differential, serial cable-driver receivers/outputs
• Hardware based PID Filtering
• Clock Reference Input Connector (TTL)
• Accurate 25 PPM clock
• Jitter minimization in hardware
• Tested at over 100 Mbits throughput
• Ships with drivers for Windows® 2000/XP/Vista 32, Windows® Server 2003, Windows® Server 2008, and Linux®
• API included for Windows® and Linux®
• Sample Windows® and Linux® applications for reading or writing to disk
• Optional High Stability Oscillator (2 ppm)
  

Applications:

• Decoding ASI satellite and cable footage to SDI
• Electronic News Gathering
• Video servers
• Remote broadcasts
• Reality TV

Requirements:

This product needs a high performance Disk System. RAID 5 SCSI is suggested.

Ships with:

1. API included for Windows® and Linux®

2. Uncompressed Video Streams on DVD – for testing SDI equipment – can be provided on request

3. Drivers for Windows® XP, Windows® Server 2003, Windows® Server 2008, and Linux®